For Frogs, Mating Calls Are Risky Business (1 of 5) (IMAGE)

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For Frogs, Mating Calls Are Risky Business (1 of 5)

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This is a frog-eating bat with its prey. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the 24 Jan., 2014, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by W. Halfwerk at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Ancón, Republic of Panama, and colleagues was titled, "Risky Ripples Allow Bats and Frogs to Eavesdrop on a Multisensory Sexual Display."

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[Image courtesy of Christian Ziegler]

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